The anime series Tiger Mask W, created by Toei Animation, features a variety of fictional characters. The series focuses on Naoto Azuma, a wrestler who goes by the moniker Tiger Mask, and his friend and rival Takuma Fujii, who goes by Tiger the Dark. They are supported by friends and family, and they interact regularly with characters from New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), some of whom are real-life pro wrestlers from the federation, as well as a rival federation called Global Wrestling Monopoly (GWM). The character design for the anime was done by Hisashi Kagawa, who worked on anime shows such as The Kindaichi Case Files, Saikano, Fresh Pretty Cure!, and Sailor Moon.

Main characters Naoto Azuma / Tiger Mask / (21-year-old) is the protagonist of the series. He was formerly trained at the Zipangu Pro-Wrestling team, until rival team GWM (Global Wrestling Monopoly) destroyed the training gym. Angry, he decides to fight against the Tiger's Den group which is affiliated with GWM. He initially allies himself with the NJPW wrestlers, who eventually help them develop his signature technique, Tiger Drive. After losing during the War Games and watching Tiger the Dark being unmasked by The Third, he realizes his hated rival was in fact his friend Takuma. Naoto shares his identity with him and the two friends reconcile. Now even hungrier for revenge, Naoto desperately seeks a match with The Third, with Miss X binding Naoto to a contract to get him his match, in exchange of betraying the NJPW, which makes him sink to commit fouls and lose his reputation. Tiger Mask is however cruelly utilized as a sacrificial pawn for GWM's schemes, while leaving him with eroded trust by his NJPW peers. He eventually regains their trust after saving Nagata and reforms their alliance against the GWM. He later develops a new move called Tiger Fang which he uses to defeat Kevin. During a tag team match with The third he was unmasked after having his mask ripped off. During the final battle against The Third he uses a new mask made of his and Tiger the Dark's and battles The Third. Using a combination of his own moves and Takuma's, he's able to injure and defeat The Third with his Tiger Fang. He and Takuma decide to part ways and fight abroad under the name using the same mask design with him moving to Mexico to transfer over and officially join the wrestling federation there.

His killer moves are the Tiger Drive, where he pushes an opponent to the corner uses a somersault kick followed by a knee strike on the chest and finished with a hold using his knees. His final technique is the Tiger Fang where he assaults the opponent with an axe kick followed by a knee strike on the face, thus resembling a tiger's bite. He also learns Takuma's Darkness Driver and Darkness Hold. He is the new bearer of the Tiger Mask persona, sharing a name with original Tiger Mask, Naoto Date. He is voiced by Taku Yashiro.

Takuma Fujii / Tiger the Dark (21-year-old). Initially affiliated with Zipangu Pro-Wrestling, his father worked at the gym and was injured during its destruction. Because of this he also yearns to defeat the Tiger's Den and GWM and begins to train to become a professional wrestler, taking the persona . He plans to join the Tiger's Den to destroy them from the inside. He eventually got his chance at revenge during his title match against The Third, discovering he was his target all along. While Takuma almost managed to defeat The Third, the injuries inflicted by Naoto take their toll and succumbs to The Third's Sacrifice, leaving him crippled. After being unmasked by The Third, Tiger Mask shares his identity with him and the two friends reconcile. He undergoes rehabilitation with Ruriko's help in order to return to wrestling and he is now training with Naoto again and made his return to the ring as part of team NJPW during the Final Wars. After Naoto's mask is ripped by The Third, he shares half his mask with Naoto to allow him to fight. After The Third's defeat the two part ways deciding to fight abroad, with him moving over to North America to officially join the wrestling federation there, and calling themselves Tiger Mask W they share the same mask design combining both their previous masks.

His killer moves are the Darkness Driver, a piledriver where he slams the opponent's head on the floor with his knees. The Darkness Hold, where he performs and powerful arm hold using his arms and legs. Finally he develops a new move called Crossbow, where he ducks and performs a jump with his arms crossed, striking the opponent's jaw and then releasing both arms, catapulting the target. He is voiced by Yuichiro Umehara. He is the anime's equivalent of Black Tiger in New Japan Pro Wrestling. To help promote the anime series, the real-life NJPW introduced a Tiger the Dark wrestler, with A. C. H. behind the mask, to feud with the real-life Tiger Mask W, with Kota Ibushi behind the mask.

Haruna Takaoka / Spring Tiger (19-year-oldEpisode 15.) is the niece of Kentaro Takaoka, the only man who knew that Naoto Date was Tiger Mask in the original Tiger Mask series, then the daughter of his younger sister Yoko Takaoka. She is the only person aside from Kentaro who knows that Naoto Azuma is the new Tiger Mask, and also serves as his agent. She has romantic feelings towards him, but hides it and is reciprocated in the ending. She is revealed to have a well trained physique and is a competent fighter on her own league, taking the identity . Her specialty is to attack her opponent's legs with strikes and holds. Although she has desires to wrestle, her mother disapproves because the truth about her hero Tiger Mask shocked her as a child, which is why she keeps her training and wrestling activities a secret for her family. Following Tiger's Den defeat and the subsequent departure of Naoto, she is recruited by Miss X in order to serve as the main fighter of her new organization. She reluctantly has her wrestling name changed to after Miss X suggests her name is too long according to her research. A female Tiger Mask iteration, called Tiger Dream, was played by female wrestler Candy Okutsu. She bears a resemblance to the Tiger Ladies from episode 18 of the anime series Cat's Eye. The Springer's costume is modeled after female pro-wrestler Natsumi Maki. She is voiced by Suzuko Mimori, who ushered and introduced the real-life Tiger Mask W to the ring during Wrestle Kingdom 11.

Kentaro Takaoka is Naoto Date's inseparable friend from the original Tiger Mask series. Takaoka was previously known to portray Yellow Devil. He left the world of puroresu at the turn of the century,Episode 8. since an unknown accident caused severe and permanent damage to his right leg, forcing him to use a forearm crutch to walk around. He now runs the motorcycle shop Takaoka Motors but also helps Azuma in his training. Kentaro, like his niece, is aware that Azuma is the new Tiger Mask. He is voiced by Ryōichi Tanaka, who reprises the role from Tiger Mask.

Daisuke Fujii is Takuma's father and the manager of Zipangu. He is seriously injured when Zipangu is destroyed, and is thus in the hospital. He has suspicions, based on Azuma's comments to him in the first episode, that Azuma may be the new Tiger Mask, but has not made any attempt to confirm it. He is modeled after the Japanese pro-wrestlers Hayabusa and Shinjiro Otani. He is voiced by Takeshi Kusao.

Ruriko Yamashina is Daisuke's nurse at the hospital and the daughter of a huge medical corporation group's owner. Naoto has a crush on her, but holds back because of the situation he is in, but she loves Takuma. She holds a deep admiration for Tiger Mask, which eventually motivated her to work for the GWM in order to follow wrestling more closely, although she does not know that Tiger Mask is in fact Naoto. However, disillusioned by GWM's cruelty and Tiger Mask's actions with the Miracles, she resigned her position and returned to her previous work in order to aid in Takuma's rehabilitation. She is modeled after Junko Tachibana from Tiger Mask II, with Ruriko Wakatsuki's first name. She is voiced by Chiemi Chiba.

Hikari Kuruma is a reporter for Monthly Pro-Wrestling World who is mainly interested in both Tiger Mask and Tiger the Dark as well as their secrecy. She is voiced by Izumi Kitta.

NJPW characters New Japan Pro-Wrestling is one of the major pro-wrestling organizations in Japan. Many of the professional wrestler characters from the real-life NJPW are depicted in the anime series.

Kazuchika Okada

is a professional wrestler for NJPW who joins Tiger Mask in his fight against GWM. In the anime, he is introduced as a NJPW champion, which the real Okada was in real life at the time. He is voiced by Masakazu Morita.

Hiroshi Tanahashi

, nicknamed is a NJPW wrestling ace who helps Naoto in training and during the unlocked world tournament. He is voiced by Kenichi Suzumura.

Ryu Wakamatsu is a NJPW wrestler who goes by the ring name . He is a big fan of Kazuchika Okada and has a crush on Haruna. He is voiced by Daisuke Kishio.

Yuji Nagata

is a former NJPW wrestler who is now involved in its player management. His speciality is an armlock infamously called "White Eyes Armlock", as Nagata's eyes turn white whenever he performs it, giving him a terrifying appearance. His rule is the same of Giant Baba from the first anime. He is voiced by Masaki Terasoma.

Togi Makabe

is a NJPW wrestler who enjoys sweets and even blogs about them. Sometimes he loses motivation if he cannot have them. He is voiced by the actual wrestler.

Tomoaki Honma

is an NJPW fighter known for his signature Kokeshi move. He can be very heated in a fight, and other times he remains calm. He is voiced by Masaya Takatsuka.

Tomohiro Ishii

is an NJPW wrestler known as the bull fighter. He wears a black T-shirt with a bulldog with spiked collar. He joins a battle royal event with Tiger Mask. He is voiced by Kenji Nomura.

Yoshi-Hashi

Yoshi-Hashi is a NJPW wrestler who is active as a heel wrestler. He is part of the Chaos wrestling stable of which Kazuchika Okada is the leader. He is voiced by Hiroshi Okamoto.

Tama Tonga

is a NJPW wrestler associated with the Bullet Club group as a tag player. He has a painted face. He is voiced by Naoki Imamura.

Bad Luck Fale

is an NJPW wrestler and member of the Bullet Club as an underboss. He has a monstrous power as well as a monstrous appetite. He is voiced by Keiji Hirai.

Kenny Omega

is the leader of the Bullet Club. He is versatile and cunning. He is voiced by Hideyuki Hori, the same as Tatsuo Aku's in Tiger Mask II.

Tetsuya Naito

is a NJPW wrestler who is uncontrollable and likes to do whatever he wants. He tends to mix Spanish words with a Latino accent in his phrases. His speciality is a technique called "Destino", where he grabs his opponent from behind, performs a 360° jump while holding one of the opponent's arms and using the momentum, slams them into the ring. He is voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi.

Toru Yano

is a founding member of the Chaos stable. He is described as being comical. He is voiced by Kazumasa Fukagawa.

Evil

is a NJPW wrestler and a member of the wrestling stable Los Ingobernables de Japón, where he tag teams with Tetsuya Naito. His ring entrance involves carrying a sickle. His speciality is a technique called "The EVIL", where he holds his opponent, kicks their legs from behind and subsequently uses the momentum to slam them into the ring. He is voiced by Fukushi Ochiai.

Gedo

is known as one of the best technical wrestlers in NJPW. He manages Kazuchika Okada and has an older brother. He is voiced by Eiji Takemoto.

Kota Ibushi

is a NJPW wrestler. He is voiced by the actual wrestler.

GWM characters The (GWM) is an American wrestling federation that serves as the rival to Tiger Mask and his colleagues.

Miss X